Apparatus for and Method of Processing Data

1. A data processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of signal processing units, each of the plurality of signal processing units including a register that stores intrinsic identification (ID) information and stores a parameter to be used for a signal processing operation, the plurality of signal processing units operatively connected to one another and operative to transmit respective output data signals in a predetermined sequential order and to select any one of a first processing operation of storing the parameter in the register based on an input data signal and a second processing operation of sequentially processing the input data signal using the parameter stored in the register in response to a first mode control signal that corresponds to the first processing operation or a second mode control signal that corresponds to the second processing operation; a storage unit that stores parameter information indicating parameters to be stored in the respective signal processing units and that stores signal processing data to be processed by the plurality of signal processing units; a data reading unit that selects the parameter information or the signal processing data from the storage unit, reads a first data signal that includes the parameter information or the signal processing data, and outputs the first data signal as the input data signal to an initial signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units; a data writing unit that selectively writes a second data signal corresponding to an output data signal of a final signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units in the storage unit; and a control unit that outputs the first mode control signal to each of the plurality of signal processing units to select the first processing operation, outputs the second mode control signal to each of the plurality of signal processing units to select the second processing operation, controls the data reading unit to selectively read the first data signal from the storage unit, and controls the data writing unit to selectively write the second data signal in the storage unit, wherein when the first processing operation is performed, each of the plurality of signal processing units determines whether a parameter ID included in the input data signal corresponds to the intrinsic ID information and writes a corresponding parameter included in the input data signal in the register when the parameter ID of the input data signal corresponds to the intrinsic ID information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of signal processing units includes: a signal processing circuit that processes the input data signal using the parameter stored in the register and outputs a processed data signal; a setting unit that selects parameter data that includes the corresponding parameter from the input data signal and writes the corresponding parameter included in the selected parameter data in the register during the first processing operation, and does not write in the register during the second processing operation; and a conversion unit that outputs the input data signal during the first processing operation and outputs the processed data signal during the second processing operation.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the control unit outputs the first mode control signal when the data reading unit reads the first data signal that includes the parameter information, and the control unit outputs the second mode control signal based on a response signal indicating that the reading of the first data signal that includes the parameter information by the data reading unit is finished.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a selection unit that receives an external data signal that includes signal processing data to be processed by the plurality of signal processing units and receives the first data signal from the data reading unit, outputs the first data signal to the initial signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units upon receipt of the first mode control signal, and outputs the external data signal to the initial signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units upon receipt of the second mode control signal.

5. A method of processing data using a data processing apparatus comprising a plurality of signal processing units, each of the plurality of signal processing units including a register that stores intrinsic identification (ID) information and stores a parameter to be used for a signal processing operation, the plurality of signal processing units operatively connected to one another and operative to transmit respective output data signals in a predetermined sequential order and to select any one of a first processing operation of storing the parameter in the register based on an input data signal and a second processing operation of sequentially processing the input data signal using the parameter in response to a first mode control signal that corresponds to the first processing operation or a second mode control signal that corresponds to the second processing operation, the method comprising: determining whether the first processing operation or the second processing operation is to be performed based on the first mode control signal or the second mode control signal; determining whether a parameter ID included in the input data signal corresponds to the intrinsic ID information when it is determined that the first processing operation is to be performed; and writing a corresponding parameter included in the input data signal in the register during the first processing operation when the parameter ID corresponds to the intrinsic ID information.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising processing the input data signal using the parameter stored in the register when it is determined that the second processing operation is to be performed.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: selectively reading parameter information or signal processing data, based on the first mode control signal or the second mode control signal, from a storage unit configured to store the parameter information and the signal processing data, the parameter information indicating the parameter to be written in the register during the first processing operation, the signal processing data to be processed during the second processing operation; and outputting the parameter information or the signal processing data as the input data signal to an initial signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising storing a second data signal corresponding to an output data signal of a final signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units in the storage unit.

9. A data processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of signal processing units, each of the plurality of signal processing units including a register having identification (ID) information, the plurality of signal processing units sequentially connected to one another and operative to selectively execute a first processing operation of writing an externally input data signal as a parameter in the register and a second processing operation of processing the externally input data signal using the parameter written in the register to transmit an output data signal; and a control unit that applies a first mode control signal that corresponds to the first processing operation or a second mode control signal that corresponds to the second processing operation to the plurality of signal processing units to execute any one of the first processing operation and the second processing operation; wherein when the first processing operation is performed, each of the plurality of signal processing units determines whether a parameter ID of the externally input data signal corresponds to the ID information and writes a corresponding parameter included in the externally input data signal in the register when the parameter ID of the externally input data signal corresponds to the ID information.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising: a storage unit that stores parameter information indicating the parameter to be written in the register and that stores signal processing data to be processed by each of the plurality of signal processing units; and a data reading unit that selectively reads a first data signal that includes the parameter information or the signal processing data from the storage unit and outputs the first data signal to each of the plurality of signal processing units.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a data writing unit that writes a second data signal corresponding to the output data signal of a final signal processing unit of the plurality of signal processing units in the storage unit during the second processing operation.